For one thing -- and I don't know why this is -- I never use fresh potatoes fast enough when I buy them, even a 5 pound bag! So this was a wonderful solution for that! Mashed potatoes without waste!
Another awesome thing about these mashed potatoes is that there is nothing additional in the can! The ingredient list is brief: potatoes.
This was also a super-duper awesome, easy, and fast solution to a side dish for dinner! And I needed exactly that. Because the munchkin and I had had quite the day. And we had a friend with her 4 kids coming over for dinner... And I was taking dinner to another friend who'd just had baby #5 (via c-section).
Knowing I was feeding -- literally -- a crowd, I decided on a wonderful Slow Cooker Salisbury Steaks recipe I enjoy, and which makes a lot! I also knew I wanted to do a broccoli and cauliflower salad which was pretty quick and easy to throw together. And my THRIVE Mashed Potatoes were the perfect side dish for this meal! Because what pairs better with a Salisbury Steak gravy than mashed potatoes!?!
I prepped the mashed potatoes according to the recipe on the back of the #10 Can -- with a few alterations. Below is the recipe as I made it:
SEASONED MASHED POTATOES
1 1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt*
2 tablespoons THRIVE Butter Powder
1 tablespoon THRIVE Instant Milk Powder
1 cup THRIVE Mashed Potatoes
pepper to taste
Combine water, salt, THRIVE Butter Powder, THRIVE Instant Milk Powder in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer and add THRIVE Mashed Potatoes. Whisk until combined and remove from heat. Add pepper to taste and mix in. Allow to rest 1 minute before serving.
*Denotes ingredients also available through THRIVE Life.
Naturally, I increased the amounts I made and adjusted the ingredients accordingly. But this was definitely easy and amazing!
The comment I got from my friend who ate dinner with us: "Wow! These taste really good! The texture is nice! Not like other instant potatoes!"
I call that a win.
The other win? These have a shelf-life of 5 years unopened and about a year opened! So I don't have to worry about moldy potatoes again :)!
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